QUEER OF COLOR CRITIQUE
An examination of the emergent theoretical field of queer of color critique, a mode of analysis grounded in the struggles and world-making of LGBTQ people of color. Activists, artists, and theorists have mobilized queer of color critique to interrogate the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, class, nation, and diaspora as a response to the inherent whiteness of mainstream queer theory and persistent heterosexism in ethnic studies. Examines the development of queer of color critique (primarily in the United States) through both academic and activist domains; consider what queer theory has to say about empire, citizenship, prisons, welfare, neoliberalism, and terrorism; and articulate the role of queer of color analysis in a vision for racial, gender, sexual, and economic justice.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize the intellectual field known as "queer of color critique," including its primary interventions, lineages, methods, & recent developments. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Connect skills in reading, interpreting, and making theoretical arguments about art, activism, and everyday life. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explain intersectional understandings of racial, economic, gender, and sexuality relating to heteronormativity, patriarchy, capitalism, neoliberalism, imperialism, and more. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Share in a collaborative process of listening, support, and respect for peers and differing perspectives. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Connect queer of color critical analysis to a wide variety of objects from the media, the arts, and everyday life. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Synthesize course content with your individual academic research and thesis interests. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize the intellectual field known as "queer of color critique," including its primary interventions, lineages, methods, & recent developments. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Connect skills in reading, interpreting, and making theoretical arguments about art, activism, and everyday life. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explain intersectional understandings of racial, economic, gender, and sexuality relating to heteronormativity, patriarchy, capitalism, neoliberalism, imperialism, and more. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Share in a collaborative process of listening, support, and respect for peers and differing perspectives. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Connect queer of color critical analysis to a wide variety of objects from the media, the arts, and everyday life. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Synthesize course content with your individual academic research and thesis interests. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027